1- Royal Crown Derby Blue Mikado Pattern collector plate, 8 1/4" diam[117] -2-

2- Royal crown Derby "Derby Posies", 4 bread plates 6 1/2" diam, very good condition, some light surface scratches commensurate with age [*59]

3- Early Derby tea set c1800s. covered sugar and 6 cups and saucers, blue transfer with a yellow band on rim and garlands. This mark dates from the Duesbury period (1786 to 1815) probably end of the 1700s early 1800s. History: In 1745 Andr Planch, a Huguenot immigrant from Saxony, settled in Derby, where between 1747 and 1755 he made soft-paste porcelain vases and figurines. At the beginning of 1756 he formed a business partnership with William Duesbury (1725 ? 1786), a porcelain painter formerly at Chelsea porcelain factory and Longton Hall, and the banker John Heath. This was the foundation of the Derby company. The Duesbury family [knows as the Duesbury period] lasted until 1815 when the factory was leased to Robert Bloor, and the Duesburys played no further part in it. [*80g]]